U.S. authorities announced charges against Chinese and Russians accused of stealing trade secrets.
Among those targeted is the Chinese Weibao Wang, an engineer at Apple from 2016 to 2018. He is suspected of having stolen from the Californian group a software related to the research and development of autonomous cars. Xiangjiang Qiao, a 39-year-old Chinese also known as Joe Hansen, is accused of seeking to supply Iran with isostatic graphite, prohibited by US sanctions against the Islamic Republic.